Tuesday TV: Funny New ‘Playing House’
For those who think the beginning and end of funny female comedy teams begin and end with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, let me introduce you to Jessica St. Clair…
Monday TV: The Ann Richards Story
Ann Richards was just a state treasurer when she made the speech of her life, a raucous, indelible keynote at the 1988 Democratic convention in which she memorably declared George…
The ‘Veep’ Goes to Silicon Valley, Too
"I love Silicon Valley!" the now fully campaigning Selina Meyer says on a California tour stop on "Veep." She might have been talking about the Mike Judge comedy accompanying it…
Entering Erratic Service Period
While we don't exactly take breaks here at "TV Eye," there are times when daily coverage becomes more difficult as we take on different adventures. So this week might be…
Saturday TV: All About the Benjamins, Autism
One in 68 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder, a 30 percent jump from two years ago, when it was one in 88, the Center for Disease Control reported…
Friday TV: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Awakens
After adapting two earlier Tchaikovsky ballets, "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake," British choreographer Matthew Bourne takes on a third, "Sleeping Beauty," in a version taped at England's Bristol Hippodrome and…
The ‘Parks and Rec’ Mega Finale
Most television series have to keep a deliberate pace -- not a lot can change so as to keep the same equilibrium, cast and tone -- probably so someone tuning…
Thursday TV: New ‘Black Box,’ ‘Bad Teacher’
The wildly uneven new drama "Black Box" (ABC, 10 p.m.) is about a neurologist who is herself bipolar with her own manic episodes. Kelly Reilly plays the willowy doctor who…
Wednesday TV: Monkeys and Surviving
Normally I'm not a fan of the kind of nature movie that anthropomorphizes species in the wild, giving them names, imagining family tales, squabbles and epic struggles. But the photography…
Shakira’s ‘Empire’ Falters on ‘The Voice’
It was a big night for Shakira on "The Voice" Tuesday. She got to perform the title track from her new album, "Empire," only to see the near-collapse of her empire…